CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The road to Copenhagen -- Dr Norman Begg: the first Regional Director -- China to Homerton -- Post-war world -- Reconstruction -- The Special Office years -- From Special to Regional Office -- Dr Paul van de Calseyde: the second Regional Director -- The shock of the new -- New health challenges -- New programmes -- New partnerships -- New jobs in new hospitals -- New approaches to communicable diseases and mental health -- Dr Leo A. Kaprio: the third Regional Director -- Planning for the future -- Health planning -- Long-term programmes -- New global policy: Health for All -- Regional strategy and targets -- Dr Jo E. Asvall: the fourth Regional Director -- Health for All -- Implementing Health for All in Europe -- Collaboration -- International Conference on Health Promotion -- EUROHEALTH -- The Regional Office and the former Yugoslavia -- Health21 -- Dr Marc Danzon: the fifth Regional Director -- Putting countries first -- Country strategy -- Health and the Stability Pact -- Health security and humanitarian action -- Health emergencies: a casebook -- Health systems and public health programmes -- Polio-free Europe -- International partnerships -- Inside the Regional Office -- Evidence-based work and information for action -- Epilogue -- Information sources.